Maxwell (musician)
Maxwell (* 23. May 1973 in New York ; actually Gerald Maxwell Rivera ) is an American R & B - musicians .
biography
Maxwell was born in Brooklyn in 1973 and grew up in East New York . His father, who is from Puerto Rico, died in a plane crash when Maxwell was three years old. He made his first musical experiences at an early age as a singer in a Baptist church. At 17 he began to write his own songs. In 1994, when he was 21, he got a record deal with Columbia Records .
Together with songwriter Leon Ware and guitarist Wah Wah Watson , he recorded his debut album Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite that same year , which had to wait two years for its release because the record company doubted success. The second single Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) was a hit and gave him the breakthrough. It sold over half a million times and was awarded gold . The album went double platinum (two million copies sold) and was nominated for a Grammy Award .
On June 15, 1997 he played an MTV Unplugged session, the first seven songs of which appeared on the EP MTV Unplugged: Maxwell .
His second album Embrya was released in 1998. In 1999 he contributed the song Fortunate to the soundtrack of the film Lifelong . The song became his most successful single to date, spent 8 weeks at number 1 on the US R&B charts and was named the best R&B single of 1999 by Billboard Magazine .
Now, his third album, was released in 2001 and reached number 1 on the album sales charts . This was followed by a long break and only in 2009 did he come back with a new single and a new album.
2012 sung by Maxwell song was Fire We Make on the album Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys released.
At the Grammy Awards in 2017 his song was Lake by the Ocean named best R & B song.
Private life
His girlfriend is Deimantė Guobytė (* 1991), bikini model from Lithuania .
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
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1996 | Urban Hang Suite | - | - | - |
UK39 ![]() (20 weeks)UK |
US37 ![]() × 2
(78 weeks)US |
R&B8 (103 weeks) R&B |
First published: April 2, 1996
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1998 | Embrya | - | - |
CH38 (8 weeks) CH |
UK11 ![]() (9 weeks)UK |
US3 ![]() (18 weeks)US |
R&B2 (66 weeks) R&B |
First published: June 23, 1998
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2001 | Now |
DE58 (3 weeks) DE |
- |
CH64 (4 weeks) CH |
UK46 (2 weeks) UK |
US1 ![]() (41 weeks)US |
R&B1 (53 weeks) R&B |
First published: August 14, 2001
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2009 | BLACKsummers'night | - | - | - |
UK66 (1 week) UK |
US1 (53 weeks) US |
R&B2 (71 weeks) R&B |
First published: July 7, 2009
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2016 | blackSUMMERS'night | - | - |
CH64 (1 week) CH |
UK72 (1 week) UK |
US3 ![]() (10 weeks)US |
R&B2 (29 weeks) R&B |
First published: July 1, 2016
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EPs
year | title |
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1997 | MTV Unplugged | - | - | - |
UK45 (2 weeks) UK |
US53 ![]() (15 weeks)US |
R&B15 (35 weeks) R&B |
First published: July 15, 1997
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Singles
year | Title album |
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1996 | Til the Cops Come Knockin ' Urban Hang Suite |
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UK63 (2 weeks) UK |
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R&B79 (12 weeks) R&B |
First published: May 15, 1996
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Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) Urban Hang Suite |
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UK28 (6 weeks) UK |
US36 ![]() (18 weeks)US |
R&B8 (29 weeks) R&B |
First published: July 30, 1996
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Sumthin 'Sumthin' Urban Hang Suite |
- | - | - |
UK27 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
R&B23 (20 weeks) R&B |
First published: December 1996
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1998 | Matrimony: Maybe You Embrya |
- | - | - | - | - |
R&B79 (4 weeks) R&B |
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1999 | Fortunate Life Sentence (OST) |
- | - | - | - |
US4th ![]() (25 weeks)US |
R&B1 (42 weeks) R&B |
First published: March 3, 1999
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Let's Not Play the Game The Best Man (OST) |
- | - | - | - | - |
R&B55 (17 weeks) R&B |
First published: October 12, 1999
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2001 | Get to Know Ya Now |
- | - | - | - | - |
R&B25 (20 weeks) R&B |
First published: 2001
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Lifetime Now |
- | - | - | - |
US22 (20 weeks) US |
R&B5 (39 weeks) R&B |
First published: October 16, 2001
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2002 | This Woman's Work Now |
- | - | - |
UK41 (2 weeks) UK |
US58 (15 weeks) US |
R&B16 (43 weeks) R&B |
First published: January 2002
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2009 | Pretty Wings BLACKsummers'night |
- | - | - | - |
US33 ![]() ![]() (23 weeks)US |
R&B1 (59 weeks) R&B |
First published: April 28, 2009
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Bad Habits BLACKsummers'night |
- | - | - | - |
US71 (14 weeks) US |
R&B4 (51 weeks) R&B |
First published: June 9, 2009
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Cold BLACKsummers'night |
- | - | - | - | - |
R&B62 (2 weeks) R&B |
First published: June 2009
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2010 | Fistful of Tears BLACKsummers'night |
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US94 (4 weeks) US |
R&B11 (48 weeks) R&B |
First published: January 19, 2010
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2016 | Lake by the Ocean blackSUMMERS'night |
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R&B50 (1 week) R&B |
First published: April 8, 2016
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More singles
- 1996: Softly Softly (with Sweetback )
- 1997: Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)
- 1997: Whenever, Wherever, Whatever
- 1998: Luxury: Cococure
- 2004: No One Else in the Room (with Nas )
- 2009: Smile (with The Alchemist )
- 2016: 1990x
- 2017: Gods
Guest Posts
year | Title album |
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2013 | Fire We Make Girl on Fire |
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US- ![]() |
R&B38 (11 weeks) R&B |
Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell
First published: May 28, 2013 |
swell
- ↑ Snap happy! Singer Maxwell looks like the cat that got the cream as he photographs bikini-clad model girlfriend Deimante Guobyte during beach frolic
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE CH UK US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US
Web links
- official website (English)
- Maxwell at Allmusic (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Maxwell |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rivera, Gerald Maxwell (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American R&B musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York , United States |